Swivel-hook.



N. E. SHERWOOD.

SWIVEL HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 5. 1913. RENEwn1uNEI8.19I5.

Patented Aug'. 24, 191."

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vSpecification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 24, 19135.

Application iiied November 5, 1913, serial No. 799,273.1 RenewedJunejis, 1915. serial No. 34,958.

To all whom t may concern.

a citizen of the United States or'4 America,

residingoat Detroit, in the county of Vvlayne.

and State of Michigan, have invented ce'r-y 1n v.

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tain new and useful.. lmprovements. Swivel-Hooks, of which thefollowing'is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying'drawings;

rThis invention relates to a ball bearing swivel especially designed forhand rope and wire cabling machines, wherein a swivel having an eye atone end thereotl and a hool;

at the opposite end is employed for establishing a non-frictional androtatable connection between a suspended weight and the end of arope orcable in the process of malring.

provide a ball bearing swivel embodying an eye member havingprovision'to accommodate the end of a hook member, which is providedwith anti-frictional means for moVably supporting the hook relatively tothe eye member.

A further object of this invention is to provide a hook with aself-contained antifrictional bearing that can be easily and quicklyhoused to swivel or revolubly support the hook, whereby the hook can berevolved relatively to its anchoring means.

A further object of this invention is to provide a swivel hook and eyeconsisting of comparatively lew parts that are simple in construction,durable, easy to assemble and highly eiicient for the purposes for whichthey are intended.

I attain `the above and other objects by a mechanical construction thatwill be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, andreference Will now be. had to the drawings, wherein, i

Figure 1 is a plan of the ball bearing swivel partly broken away andpartly in section; Fig. 2 is a plan of the' same illus-v The primaryobject of my invention is to circular end walls 3 and l, asemi-cylindrical bot-tomy wall and malleable lugs (3 iformed'integralwiththe bottom wall 5 and adapted to be bent inwardlyover! the upper edges ofA the end walls and l to :form atop wallcoperating with the remainder end wall l is provided with a verticalslot 7 to receive-the shank 8 of the hook member 2. The end of the shank8 is yupset or headed, as at 9 and movably mounted upon the shank 8against the head thereof is a selfconta-ined anti-frictional connectingmember that is movably held within the housing by the closed malleablelugs 6.

The anti-frictional bearing and connecting member comprises annular racecollars 10 and 11, the latter fitted in the former and forming a seatfor the headed end of the shank 8. i A plurality of anti-ric-tionalballs 12 are arranged 'between the race collars and said collars areretained in position by an annular shell 13 having the ends thereofhanged, as at 1l. The anti-frictional and connecting member is aself-contained unit that can be easily and quickly placed upon the hookmember and positioned Within the housing of the eye member.

I attach considerable importance to the simplicity of the ball bearingswivel, insomuch that with one Ioperation the eye member is prepared toreceive the shank of the hook member, and said hook member can be easilyprepared to receive the anti-frictional bearing` and connecting member,which is housed in the eye member to permit of the hook member freelyrevolving relatively thereto.

One embodiment of' my invention has been illustrated, but is to beunderstood that the structural elements are susceptible to suchvariations and'modifications as fall Within the scope of the appendedclaims.

lVhat l claim is J1. A swivel comprising an eye member and a hool;member, a housing formed integral with saiid eye member land having abottom wall, end walls and malleable side walls bent onto said end wallsto close the top of said housing, and antifrictional means arrangedwithin said housing and supporting said hook member.

2;. A ball bearing swivel comprising an eye member and a hook member, acylindrical housing formed integral with said eye `member and having thetop thereof closed,

by malleable lugs, saiihook member having a shank extending through oneof the Walls of said; housing, and an anti-ri'etion'al bear-v ing'Within said housing and retaining the shank of said hook member therein.

3. A. swivel comprising an eye member and a hook member, a housingforming'part of said-eye member and having parallel end Walls a bottomWall, malleable lugs bent vupon sairl end Walls to close said housing,one of said walls having a slot formed therein, said hook member havinga shank exi tending' through thev slot of said end Wall into 'salitihousing, and means Within lsaid 'housing to retain the end of the shanktherein.

4. A ball bearing swivel comprising inem# bers, a housing forming partof one of said Vmembershandhaving end Walls 'and a bottom Wallterminating in malleable lugs bent to engagey said end Walls and formthe top Wall of said housing, one of said end Walls having a slot toreceive the end of the other member, and anti-frietional meansinterposedebetvveen the Walls of said housing anti the end of saidmember.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

NATHAN. E. SHERWOOD.

Witnesses: s

OTTO F. BARTHEL, ANNA-M. Donn.

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